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most citedA super-Earth and two sub-Neptunes transiting the nearby and quiet M dwarf TOI-270

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40 papers

astro-ph.HE2026

A multi-wavelength study of the 2025 low state of the intermediate polar BG CMi

A. W. Shaw, K. Mukai, C. O. Heinke +18

We present multi-wavelength observations of the first recorded low state of the intermediate polar BG CMi. Optical monitoring of the source by members of the American Association o…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 18 cited

GJ 3090 b: one of the most favourable mini-Neptune for atmospheric characterisation

J. M. Almenara, X. Bonfils, J. F. Otegi +37

We report the detection of GJ 3090 b (TOI-177.01), a mini-Neptune on a 2.9-day orbit transiting a bright (K = 7.3 mag) M2 dwarf located at 22 pc. The planet was identified by the T…

astro-ph.SR2022

The Periodic Signals of Nova V1674 Herculis (2021)

Joseph Patterson, Marguerite Epstein-Martin, Josie Enenstein +24

We present time-series photometry during eruption of the extremely fast nova V1674 Herculis (Nova Her 2021). The 2021 light curve showed periodic signals at 0.152921(3) d and 501.4…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 119 cited

Constraining the Evolution of Cataclysmic Variables via the Masses and Accretion Rates of their Underlying White Dwarfs

A. F. Pala, B. T. Gänsicke, D. Belloni +28

We report on the masses (), effective temperatures () and secular mean accretion rates () of 43 cataclysmic variable (CV) wh…

astro-ph.SR2021

The 2019 outburst of the 2005 classical nova V1047 Cen: a record breaking dwarf nova outburst or a new phenomenon?

E. Aydi, K. V. Sokolovsky, J. S. Bright +28

We present a detailed study of the 2019 outburst of the cataclysmic variable V1047~Cen, which hosted a classical nova eruption in 2005. The peculiar outburst occurred 14 years afte…

astro-ph.HE2021

Optical Variability Correlated with X-ray Spectral Transition in the Black-Hole Transient ASASSN-18ey = MAXI J1820+070

Keito Niijima, Mariko Kimura, Yasuyuki Wakamatsu +49

How a black hole accretes matter and how this process is regulated are fundamental but unsolved questions in astrophysics. In transient black-hole binaries, a lot of mass stored in…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 37 cited

Precise transit and radial-velocity characterization of a resonant pair: a warm Jupiter TOI-216c and eccentric warm Neptune TOI-216b

Rebekah I. Dawson, Chelsea X. Huang, Rafael Brahm +53

TOI-216 hosts a pair of warm, large exoplanets discovered by the TESS Mission. These planets were found to be in or near the 2:1 resonance, and both of them exhibit transit timing…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 15 cited

Two Massive Jupiters in Eccentric Orbits from the TESS Full Frame Images

Mma Ikwut-Ukwa, Joseph E. Rodriguez, Samuel N. Quinn +43

We report the discovery of two short-period massive giant planets from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). Both systems, TOI-558 (TIC 207110080) and TOI-559 (TIC 2…

astro-ph.SR2020

IM Normae: The Death Spiral of a Cataclysmic Variable?

Joseph Patterson, Jonathan Kemp, Berto Monard +18

We present a study of the orbital light curves of the recurrent nova IM Normae since its 2002 outburst. The broad "eclipses" recur with a 2.46 hour period, which increases on a tim…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 26 cited

The Spin-Period History of Intermediate Polars

Joseph Patterson, Enrique de Miguel, Jonathan Kemp +25

We report the detailed history of spin-period changes in five intermediate polars (DQ Herculis, AO Piscium, FO Aquarii, V1223 Sagittarii, and BG Canis Minoris) during the 30-60 yea…

astro-ph.SR2019★ 3 cited

Infrared spectroscopy of the recent outburst in V1047 Cen (Nova Centauri 2005)

T. R. Geballe, D. P. K. Banerjee, A. Evans +14

Fourteen years after its eruption as a classical nova (CN), V1047 Cen (Nova Cen 2005) began an unusual re-brightening in 2019 April. The amplitude of the brightening suggests that…

astro-ph.EP2019★ 36 cited

TOI-216b and TOI-216c: Two warm, large exoplanets in or slightly wide of the 2:1 orbital resonance

Rebekah I. Dawson, Chelsea X. Huang, Jack J. Lissauer +32

Warm, large exoplanets with 10-100 day orbital periods pose a major challenge to our understanding of how planetary systems form and evolve. Although high eccentricity tidal migrat…

astro-ph.SR2019★ 28 cited

The Rise and Fall of the King: The Correlation between FO Aquarii's Low States and the White Dwarf's Spindown

Colin Littlefield, Peter Garnavich, Mark R. Kennedy +45

The intermediate polar FO Aquarii (FO Aqr) experienced its first-reported low-accretion states in 2016, 2017, and 2018, and using newly available photographic plates, we identify p…

astro-ph.EP2019★ 121 cited

A super-Earth and two sub-Neptunes transiting the nearby and quiet M dwarf TOI-270

Maximilian N. Günther, Francisco J. Pozuelos, Jason A. Dittmann +57

We report the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite discovery of three small planets transiting one of the nearest and brightest M dwarf hosts to date, TOI-270 (TIC 259377017; K-ma…

astro-ph.SR2019★ 23 cited

Fast-Cadence TESS Photometry and Doppler Tomography of the Asynchronous Polar CD Ind: A Revised Accretion Geometry from Newly Proposed Spin and Orbital Periods

Colin Littlefield, Peter Garnavich, Koji Mukai +5

The TESS spacecraft observed the asynchronous polar CD Ind at a two-minute cadence almost continuously for 28 days in 2018, covering parts of 5 consecutive cycles of the system's 7…

astro-ph.SR2019★ 11 cited

NSV 1440: First WZ Sge-type Object in AM CVn stars and candidates

Keisuke Isogai, Taichi Kato, Berto Monard +5

In 2015 and 2017, the AM CVn candidate NSV 1440 showed superoutbursts having the characteristic features of WZ Sge-type dwarf novae (DNe). By analogy with hydrogen-rich cataclysmic…

astro-ph.SR2019★ 11 cited

The PDS 110 observing campaign - photometric and spectroscopic observations reveal eclipses are aperiodic

Hugh P. Osborn, Matthew Kenworthy, Joseph E. Rodriguez +71

PDS 110 is a young disk-hosting star in the Orion OB1A association. Two dimming events of similar depth and duration were seen in 2008 (WASP) and 2011 (KELT), consistent with an ob…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 25 cited

Evidence for mass accretion driven by spiral shocks onto the white dwarf in SDSS J123813.73-033933.0

A. F. Pala, B. T. Gänsicke, T. R. Marsh +21

We present high-time-resolution photometry and phase-resolved spectroscopy of the short-period () cataclysmic variable SDSS J123813.73-033933.…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 33 cited

Multiwavelength observations of V407 Lupi (ASASSN-16kt) --- a very fast nova erupting in an intermediate polar

E. Aydi, M. Orio, A. P. Beardmore +19

We present a detailed study of the 2016 eruption of nova V407 Lupi (ASASSN-16kt), including optical, near-infrared, X-ray, and ultraviolet data from SALT, SMARTS, SOAR, Chandra, Sw…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 18 cited

ASASSN-16dt and ASASSN-16hg: Promising Candidates for a Period Bouncer

Mariko Kimura, Keisuke Isogai, Taichi Kato +13

We present optical photometry of superoutbursts in 2016 of two WZ Sge-type dwarf novae (DNe), ASASSN-16dt and ASASSN-16hg. Their light curves showed a dip in brightness between the…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 26 cited

High-Time-Resolution Photometry of AR Scorpii: Confirmation of the White Dwarf's Spin-Down

Robert A. Stiller, Colin Littlefield, Peter Garnavich +3

The unique binary AR Scorpii consists of an asynchronously rotating, magnetized white dwarf (WD) that interacts with its red-dwarf companion to produce a large-amplitude, highly co…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 11 cited

Orbital Period Increase in ES Ceti

Enrique de Miguel, Joseph Patterson, Jonathan Kemp +5

We report a long-term study of the eclipse times in the 10-minute helium binary ES Ceti. The binary period increases rapidly, with P/P-dot = 6.2x10^6 yr. This is consistent with th…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 8 cited

Orbital Period Changes in WZ Sagittae

Joseph Patterson, Geoffrey Stone, Jonathan Kemp +19

We report a long-term (1961-2017) study of the eclipse times in the dwarf nova WZ Sagittae, in an effort to learn its rate of orbital-period change. Some wiggles with a time scale…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 23 cited

A Bright Short Period M-M Eclipsing Binary from the KELT Survey: Magnetic Activity and the Mass-Radius Relationship for M-dwarfs

Jack B. Lubin, Joseph E. Rodriguez, George Zhou +26

We report the discovery of KELT J041621-620046, a moderately bright (J10.2) M dwarf eclipsing binary system at a distance of 393 pc. KELT J041621-620046 was first identi…